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In this special comment and video essay, we explore the past, present, and future of mainstream country's most contentious movement, including radio consolidation, systemic rot, class warfare, and so much bad rapping.
Script: www.spectrum-pulse.ca/blog/cl...
Resources:
Marissa R. Moss - 'Her Country: How the Women of Country Music Became the Success They Were Never Supposed to Be', Henry Holt & Co, 2022
Jody Rosen, 'Jody Rosen on the Rise of Bro-Country', Vulture, originally printed in New York Magazine, Aug 11, 2013, www.vulture.com/2013/08/rise-...
Rob Tannenbaum, 'Billboard Cover: Florida Georgia Line on Being ‘Professional Partiers,’ Haters and Hip-Hop', Billboard, Oct 10, 2014, www.billboard.com/music/music...
Steven Hyden, 'The Winners’ History of Rock and Roll, Part 3: Bon Jovi', Grantland, Jan 21, 2013, grantland.com/features/the-wi...
Simon Hattenstone, 'Steve Earle: 'My wife left me for a younger, skinnier, less talented singer'', The Guardian, Jun 14, 2017, www.theguardian.com/music/201...
Robert M. Brecht, 'Country Music Listeners Are Having a Moment', TSE Entertainment, tseentertainment.com/country-...
Vernell Hackett, 'New Statistics About Country Music Fans Revealed at Billboard Country Summit', Billboard, Jun 8, 2011, www.billboard.com/music/music...
Brandon Gaille, '46 Curious Country Music Demographics', Mar 9, 2016, brandongaille.com/46-curious-... (MAJOR CAUTION ON THIS SOURCE, not pleased with the due diligence and sampling methodology being used, citing it as it reflects general trends but should NOT be considered a primary source)
Beverly Keel, "Sexist 'tomato' barb launches food fight on Music Row", The Tennessean, May 29, 2015, www.tennessean.com/story/ente...
Cindy Watts, '3 years after 'Tomato-gate,' there are even fewer women on country radio", The Tennessean, Jun 10, 2018, www.tennessean.com/story/ente...
Alison Bonaguro, 'MEN ARE LETTUCE, WOMEN ARE TOMATOES?', CMT, May 27, 2015, www.cmt.com/news/7be2ul/men-a...
Katie Bain, 'Garth Brooks Talks Major Label Radio Dominance, How His Nashville Bar Will Serve ‘Every Brand Of Beer’ & Possible New Chris Gaines Music', Billboard, Jun 7, 2023, www.billboard.com/music/count...
Kyle Coroneos, 'DJ Bobby Bones Spent $13,000 Smearing Himself in a Bid for Sympathy', Saving Country Music, May 14, 2016, www.savingcountrymusic.com/dj...
Kyle Coroneos, 'Jason Aldean To Zac Brown “Nobody Gives A Shit What You Think"', Saving Country Music, Sept 18, 2023, www.savingcountrymusic.com/ja...
Drew Schwartz, 'Inside Country Radio's Hidden, Sexist Policies That Keep Female Artists Off the Air', VICE, Jan 17, 2020, www.vice.com/en/article/v74dn... (slightly misspoke in the video as 2021, when in reality it was 2020)
Sterling Whitaker, 'Brandy Clark Interview: Singer-Songwriter Talks New Album, Songwriting Success', The Boot, Oct 25, 2013, theboot.com/brandy-clark-inte...
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